Patients’ access has improved with affordable tuberculosis diagnosis and care. A public-private approach in Bangladesh has enabled NGOs to have a key role in the NTP, and has expanded access through community health workers, cured patients who provide advocacy and peer support, and private providers. In Cambodia, tuberculosis services that centred around hospitals and were difficult to access have successfully been incorporated into primary health care and transitioned to community-based care. Inclusion of tuberculosis services in the free basic health package has improved access, and support from the World Food Programme for patients with tuberculosis has reduced indirect costs of care. Tanzania has expanded access by integration of tuberculosis services (free at the point of delivery) into primary health care. Although
Thailand’s system for universal health coverage has financed tuberculosis services since 2002, improved access to quality care for MDR tuberculosis and migrant populations has proved challenging in major metropolitan areas.